“I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

Women are not one dimensional. It's never been that way. The question has been - how do I manage my roles to do the most of what I want to do?

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We women have so many roles. Some vary as to time and length, but, not usually by definition. Looking up "mom", "manager", or "mentor" in different dictionaries will give the same statements of the essential intent, import or essence of those nouns. A mom means a mom. A manager means a manger. A mentor means a mentor.

But being a Nestie we're going to take a bird's eye view of things.

Though definitions may be the same, how a woman fulfills it is up for interpretation. One mom isn't like another mom. How we "mom" is very unique, or at least it seems it would be if we are valuing our individual worth. We decide the style of mom we want to embrace. Let me rephrase that - I decide the style of mom I want to embrace. I decide what success as a mom (or manager or mentor) looks like. Personally. Individually.

That's the genius of it! Something so "the same" done so differently because of our divine natures - our heavenly, fundamental identity. By virtue of that distinct independence success is decided by the particular mom. You decide for you. Our end goals may be defined the same but how we get there will never be the same path for two women.

Maybe that's why we get trapped into comparing. The term mom is the same, so we look around and see what other moms are doing and decide that must be what a mom is defined to do. Then we start to measure our different mom nature against someone else's different mom nature and line our own nests with "supposed to do" ideals. And bam! Like a bird in flight, we hit a window and collapse in a stunned daze.

Really, "Mom" is defined for us, but the rest, how we carry out our role of mom, is determined personally by each of us.

“Sisters, your sphere of influence is one of unique spirit, one that cannot be duplicated by men... No one can defend our Savior with anymore persuasion and power than you. … The Church needs your voices now more than ever.”

“One person can make a difference. Each one of you has unique gifts. Use your gifts to serve others. As we walk in His light, we become women of courage and conviction. We become women of vision, women of destiny, and women of eternal value. Join with us to build spiritual strength, to radiate truth to the world and to celebrate the family. We are a worldwide circle of sisters.”

“Each of you should be grateful to be a woman! To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age. To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times. She has been placed here to help, to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home—which is society’s basic and most noble institution. Other institutions in society may falter and even fail, but the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only sanctuary some mortals know in the midst of storm and strife. ”

“It’s so important that we include every sister. Let’s not forget the women who are serving in Primary or Young Women. There are many…women in our wards. Please find them, love them, and bring them into the circle of sisterhood. Don’t assume…[do] your part to get to know them.”

Kathleen H. HughesIn Covenant with Him Ensign, Nov 2003

“John’s imagery is vivid. (Revelation 3:15-16).It points to our critical duty to stand strong, even to become leaders in speaking up on behalf of those causes that make our civilization shine. Each of us can be a leader within our sphere of influence. The adversary of all truth would put into our hearts a reluctance to make an effort; we must cast that fear aside and be valiant in the cause of truth, fairness, and right…